‘We came up with this madcap idea and it's been the best thing we ever did’
Andrew Dietz talks to Sir Michael Stoute's former protege and his new boss
Times are changing at one of Middleham's most historic racing yards. Manor House Farm, where the last northern-trained Derby winner, Dante, was born and raised, has been demolished and the old wooden boxes erased from the landscape forever.
There will be those sad to see such relics of a bygone era disappear, but a new multi-million-pound development is under way to put the once-famous stables back on the map.
Leading owner John Dance, the stockbroking CEO who hit the big time with multiple Group 1 winner Laurens, is behind the ambitious project and has turned to young talent by installing James Horton as his private trainer.
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Published on 3 July 2022inInterviews
Last updated 17:23, 3 July 2022
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- Richard Hannon: 'When you're dead and buried the only things you're remembered by are your Classic winners'
- Paul Carberry: 'I jumped up on to the rafters. It tended to be all very strait-laced in those days, but I changed that'
- 'We’re like a Sunday League team running in an FA Cup final - we’re taking on the best with an £800 homebred'